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compare the use of the possessive pronoun in ''mûm suruci'' "his mother" with ''mûm sumiru ’ûl āmfár'' "the man whose mother died"
syntactic implications of pronouns: ''mûm suma ’ûliru āmfár'', ''mûm sumiru ’ûl āmfár'' , and ''mûmim muru ’ûl āmfár'' are all equivalent to "the man's mother died". ...not in construct state because of the possessive pronoun
''ata áqila-k siktí'' "the philosopher can see you"
''ata áqila-kan'' "I can see you"
OVS
''ísit iru ’ûl'' is an alternative form to ''ísitu ’ûvil''
''úgūla-t siktí'' "the philosopher wants to eat"
''úgūla-tan'' "I want to eat"
neither *saíkat ira úbūl nor *úbūl ira siktí, but úbūla-k siktí "the philosopher can read"


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